Leo Tolstoy Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. Where did Tolstoy die?

1. In a monastery
2. At a railway station
3. In a hospital
4. At his estate

17. Tolstoy’s novella “The Kreutzer Sonata” critiques what?

1. Marriage
2. Education
3. War
4. Religion

18. Tolstoy's works inspired which major literary movement?

1. Realism
2. Romanticism
3. Existentialism
4. Naturalism

19. Tolstoy had a significant influence on which 20th-century movement?

1. Surrealism
2. Nonviolent resistance
3. Postmodernism
4. Existentialism

20. What war did Tolstoy serve in as a young man?

1. Russo-Japanese War
2. Napoleonic Wars
3. World War I
4. Crimean War

21. What is the title of Tolstoy’s semi-autobiographical trilogy?

1. Life and Times
2. My Early Years
3. Russian Memories
4. Childhood, Boyhood, Youth

22. Which historical figure admired Tolstoy's work?

1. Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Albert Einstein
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Friedrich Nietzsche

23. Which is one of Leo Tolstoy's most famous novels?

1. Crime and Punishment
2. Anna Karenina
3. The Brothers Karamazov
4. War and Peace

24. Tolstoy's “Sevastopol Sketches” is based on what?

1. His childhood
2. His travels in Europe
3. His philosophical ideas
4. His experiences in Crimea

25. Which character in "Anna Karenina" is based on Tolstoy himself?

1. Konstantin Levin
2. Anna Karenina
3. Stepan Oblonsky
4. Alexei Vronsky

26. What was Tolstoy’s view on organized religion in his later life?

1. Critical
2. Neutral
3. Confused
4. Supportive

27. Tolstoy advocated for which type of lifestyle?

1. Simple and rural
2. Wealthy and aristocratic
3. Industrial and progressive
4. Urban and modern

28. Which Tolstoy work examines Russian peasant life?

1. Anna Karenina
2. Resurrection
3. The Cossacks
4. War and Peace

29. Tolstoy’s pacifist ideas were expressed in which work?

1. Resurrection
2. War and Peace
3. The Kingdom of God is Within You
4. A Letter to a Hindu

30. Tolstoy’s ideas were influential in which country outside of Russia?

1. China
2. Japan
3. France
4. India